1.3.02026-06-14seal impression, sealRådata3400012objektStatens museer för världskultur - MedelhavsmuseetSMVK-MMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3400012NM Ant 2069Cylinder seal with vertical bore. Engraving in low relief, made by hand held tools, depicting a contest between a human figure and two monsters. On a short ground line is a half-kneeling, human figure, with the head turned up and back, facing left. He is clean-shaven, has hair marked by ridges, and is wearing a belted kilt. He has one arm raised, trying to ward off an attack of two heraldically positioned monsters, a dragon with scaled body, facing left, and a winged Griffin, facing right. In the scene are also the double feline mace with "notched" pole, a dwarf, a goat fish, and a ball-and-staff symbol with accompanying "pot" above. Opaque, black stone.NM Ant 2069, Purchased in Baghdad in 1934, by the then Crown Prince (later King Gustaf VI Adolf), by means donated to the Friends of the National Museum, by General Consul Karl Bergsten., Three impressions. Two impressions are in storage. H. Merrillees catalogue 1995:IV.10. According to H. Merrillees, the scene is probably an allegorical contest of the human victim overwhelmed by drought and disease. Its depiction on this type of object is probably meant as a prophylactic against these calamities. Fotograferas om!, Some chipping along the edges., H. 2.6 cm, W. 1.2 cm, bore 0.4 cm., Exhibition: ’Från kilsrift till ryttarfolk’ 1996., Buchanan 1966, 94-95, no. 536., Antonsson 1936, Nationalmusei årsbok, 142-145., Främre Orienten, Främre Orienten (2017), Sportlov2015, Room 10 Milox, Främre Orienten - Showcase 09:05., Inköpt i Bagdad 1934 av Gustav VI Adolf.FörvärvadGustaf VI AdolfBrukadOld Babylonian (c. 1900-1600 BC), c. 1850-1750 BCÄgdNationalmuseum, Stockholmimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/5016030/3400012_12.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/5016029/3400012_12.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byJeppsson, JohanStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/5016035/3400012_13.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/5016034/3400012_13.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byJeppsson, JohanStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/5016040/3400012_14.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/5016039/3400012_14.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byJeppsson, JohanStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3914215http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibition/4267531http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibition/4283897http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibition/4151409http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibition/3953894http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953902http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1015117http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3400012http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3400012http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3400012